The exhibition of works by Rafał Sobiczewski is yet another presentation at Atlas Sztuki of the production of an artist associated with Lodz. Rafał Sobiczewski, a graduate from the Lodz College of Fine Arts, now its adjunct professor, with his output remains outside the artistic mainstream. This certainly is an informed choice of the artist, who, in his captivating interview with Piotr Grobliński, says: "usually, it takes a few months to make a picture, [...] a complete picture has its energy, life, sparkle. To make it happen, some work must be done. The time spent in front of a picture is turned into the picture itself, allows a piece of canvass to become a picture, [...]. If the matter resists, the piece stands a chance of being credible, painful as the resistance may be at times".

According to Magdalena Wicherkiewicz, the author of the essay on the artist's production, in his works he treats "as one the bodily and spiritual aspects of existence". The essayist notices that in "Sobiczewski's paintings there is something difficult that makes us feel a kind of unbearable tribulations, a painful authenticity of the painter's gesture and thought. Viewing his pictures causes pain that is nearly physically felt, torment, although we simultaneously feel a touch of specific affection for the figures presented in the pictures".

Also, do not hesitate to read Łukasz Zaorski-Sikora's essay on Rafał Sobiczewski's production. There, the author emphasises that "the artist approaches his production in a definitely intuitive manner, and the painting itself, in this case, is a process – an incessant struggle with the matter, as well as with the conventional, restraining communication methods".

This catalogue varies from the ones published to date – it has been prepared by Remigiusz Wojaczek, a member of the Human Ex group formed together with Rafał Sobiczewski and three other artists.

Everyone is welcome to visit Atlas Sztuki to see the effects of the artist's struggles with the matter.